Is there any way I can easily get the sidebar to stay in place when viewing a single product. It’s maddening that this appears not to be a setting in the theme options since when viewing a single product the only way back via navigation is to use the header navigation, rather than have the possibility of using category selections in the sidebar.

I tired that but it does not appear as it does on other pages. I am trying to maintain a consistent view but the elements I put into the single product page widget appear under the product image to the left, rather tan in a sidebar to the right which is how I have my other pages setup.